Peugeot Paris u'Select Pepper Grinder, Wooden Pepper Mill, 9 in, Chocolate

Ok, I'll admit that I thought that pepper mills were pretty much the same - you unscrew the little nubbin at the top, pour in the peppercorns and tighten or loosen the nubbin for a finer or coarser grind. And I had a beautiful stainless pepper mill that I did this with for years. But the grind on it was always inconsistent- I couldn't get it to be really fine and the screw at the top would loosen up over time resulting in large chunks of pepper when I didn't want them. Finally, after reading a reviews for the Peugeot pepper mill on Wirecutter and Cooks Illustrated, I decided to bite the bullet and just get a new one. Can I say GAMECHANGER??? FINALLY, I can get the grind I really want with no loosening of the top screw. The select a size does a great job of getting superfine to coarse grind and even the coarse grind is consistent and well, edible! It is sturdy, but not heavy. Well worth the nearly $40 price tag as I am sure it will last for many years. Will relegate my stainless pepper mill to kitchen decor. ;)

BLUF: This thing is smooooth. From grinding pepper to setting grind size, everything is a breeze. My arthritic elderly mother finds this mill very easy to operate. The grind itself is beautiful. Filling is a little tricky because this is a traditional style grinder, but it's what I'm used to so no marks removed there. This is a well-made kitchen tool and an art object at the same time. Is it pricey? Yes, but it's worth it. You will finish every single dish with some fresh, coarse black pepper, just as an excuse to use this wonderful machine.

I've been limping along with two pepper grinders gifted to us many years ago. The tall dark one we've used for black pepper and the shorter "beigier" colored one for white pepper. The grind of the tall one can only be adjusted by tightening or loosening the nut on top which also secures the grinder's top. The more you grind, the tighter the nut gets and the finer the grind. The shorter grinder has a chrome collar just below the top with F, M and C settings which work okay, but I end up inadvertently turning the collar as I grind, thus changing the fineness of the grind. And the varnish on the outside of the shorter grinder has aged so that it is now sticky to the touch. Hmph. So, I decided to splurge and get one each of the chocolate brown and natural wood colored Peugeot grinders for black and white pepper respectively. Good choice. Love them. They grind both types of pepper very easily, thank you, the mechanism works flawlessly and they look very handsome on the counter by the stove top. Adjusting grind fineness or coarseness is accomplished by turning a wooden collar at the base of each grinder to the desired setting designated by tiny vertical markings from I to IIII. You have to experiment to figure out if I is coarse or fine, but it's figure-out-able and I won't spoil if for you. I suspect too that the markings will wear away over time thus only increasing the Gallic fun. I had a friend who owned a Peugeot 304 back in the 1970s and the car had similar little idiosyncrasies. Like the ashtray with 14 moving parts. Anyhow, I love the grinders, I use them daily, they feel good to the touch AND the vendor that sells the chocolate colored one, the actual subject of this review, provides a WARRANTY for American buyers that does not require you to try to communicate with les braves gens de Peugeot. Bravo!

Total quality. Luxury feel and weight. Black looks rich - goes with any decor. Adjustment from coarse to... much finer than I would ever use. When you twist the bottom-most section of the mill to adjust the grind, you can easily feel where the mechanism noticeably starts to tighten. Stop tightening at this initial resistance, (3rd finest setting, with 2 more finer than that) and this classic-looking Peugeot mill produces a shower of cracked black that's perfect... not too heavy per twist. I don't cook anything that needs a crazy amount of black pepper so I don't want to be super careful about accidentally adding too much. I have a spice rack where I kept my last, cheap all-in-1 peppercorn "plastic grinder/container". The space in my rack is a little tight, and I was happy to see this 'real' mill fits neatly in the space where the plastic one was. Filling it is a breeze. It takes somewhat less than a full spice bottle of whole peppercorns. I am far more partial to lemon pepper than straight cracked black, and so my next mission is to find the correct mix of orange peel and peppercorns, so I can use this mill daily to grind lemon pepper in my salads, vegetables, etc. I actually don't use black pepper all that much. Eggs is one of the only dishes where I DON'T use lemon pepper. The directions are printed on a small, micro-mini booklet insert that you might need some serious magnification to actually read. One notable instruction is not to use it to grind anything but pepper. Peugeot offers a lifetime warranty on the actual mechanism. The only con (not really) for me is, I had to get used to the fact that you cannot grab the very bottom of the mill when you twist to grind. The bottom ring is how you adjust your grind, so you need to hold the mill anywhere above the lowest 'ring'. Otherwise when you twist to grind, it changes the adjustment. But unless you have sirius memory issues, you learn that after the 1st or 2nd time you use it.

The peppergrinder is aesthetic, but the functionality is poor. Loading peppercorns in is difficult, but that's to be expected from a pepper grinder this style, and not something I count against it. However, it is terrible to use. After loading the hopper full of normal peppercorns (Tellicherry), it will load a few peppercorns into the burrs and you get some pepper, but then the peppercorns will consistently and frustratingly stop falling into the burrs. You have to shake the pepper grinder really hard to force some peppercorns to fall into the burrs, and you have to do this EACH TIME you use it and MULTIPLE times per use. I probably spend most of my time with the pepper grinder just trying to shake the peppercorns into the burrs. I would much rather use a disposable pepper grinder, which is at least is consistent and not frustrating to use. Some reviewers have commented that this grinder was intended for Sarawak peppercorns, which seems to be a smaller peppercorn, and since they would drop into the burrs easier. First of all, it's INSANE to expect your consumer to have to buy more expensive, special peppercorns for your pepper grinder, instead of the readily available peppercorns you can buy at the store. Also, using the Sarawak peppercorns STILL did not improve the consistency, and I found myself shaking the pepper mill all the same Overall, it's a pretty aesthetic looking pepper mill, but makes for a lacking and frustrating experience. I'm not sure if this is a quality control problem, since some other reviewers don't seem to have the same problems that I do, but the risk of getting a pepper mill that's similar to the one they shipped to me should deter you from buying this.

This is heirloom quality! Will it to the grandchild that helps you most with technology you don't understand how to use. This should be on all wedding gift registries and the one who did the most cooking during the marriage deserves it in the divorce. Useful: the many settings that are easy to adjust; opening it and securing it closed; the neck to pour the whole peppercorns is large; sturdy, good weight and real wood; smooth feel when the gears grind; full-hand feel. You may not be able to easily purchase a new Peugeot automobile in the US, but you can get this lux pepper grinder.

I am finally getting around to posting my review of this all important tool in my kitchen. I am a pepper fan to say the least, and my old Peppermill finally gave up the ghost and fell apart. I decided to go ahead and invest in a good tool, a famous tool, the Peugeot I must say that I have been disappointed until I came in and read other reviews and realized that this needed much more attention than my previous models. Previously, I could just dump any old peppercorns in in that Peppermill would grind them up, and that was that with this model, I have struggled with very poor results for the first several months of ownership after coming in and reading the experiences of others, I realize that this particular Peppermill isn't quite that robust and requires some attention. The two things that I find most important are that you turn the knob consistently in One Direction for me it's clockwise and also when production begins to diminish, and a good shake doesn't resolve the issue, it's time to dump all the contents out and reload it after making sure you've cleared all of the old seed and shell from inside the mechanism. If you do that, it should absolutely work fine. I'm going to leave this beautiful looking tool a four star review for not letting me know upfront how to get the best most consistent grind from this tool from the manufacturer. I like a very course grind as a rule and I put pepper on Darner everything so we'll see how things go from here on out after about six months of ownership when it works the grinding performance is excellent. It's reasonably easy to refill and it looks pretty. I'm expecting to get years of use from this tool and I expect it to perform.

Great mill

30年程前にパリで同じPEUGEOTの 胡椒挽きを購入し、ほぼ毎日使用 (白木の物で、これより少し小さい) とうとう壊れてしまったので 色々探してみたが やはり、ここに行き着き 今回は ①油汚れが目立ちにくい色で ②粗さの調節が簡単 ③本体が木製 を、絶対条件に 挽く時に 男性の手でも使いやすい ある程度の大きさを考え この大きさをチョイス 30年ぶりの新品というのも あるだろうが それにしても、とても挽き易い そして 挽いた胡椒が、なんとも香り高く とても美味しい❗ PEUGEOTは、挽きの粗さ調節を トップの金属部分で行う物も ある(前回のはそう) これは ボトム部分で調節する物で 写真２枚目の 縦線が、多い程、荒く 縦線が、少ない程、細かい そして、回す度に心地よい振動が 手に伝わり、もはや快感と 言っても良い程だ 実は、30年前に サイズのかなり小さいのも２つ 同じPEUGEOTで購入しており 白胡椒と、ピンク胡椒で 使用中だが ボディを持った時に 挽きにくい感覚が毎回ある 今回の大きさの比較に ２リットルのペットボトルと 並べたのを３枚目に添付したが 何より持ちやすく 重さがあるのが逆に手にしっくり 収まるイメージ 他にも 本体が、アクリルで造られたのも 持っているが 挽く度に、キュルキュルとした 摩擦が、気になってしまう また、歯が、塩用以外は PEUGEOTは、それがウリの 鉄整であるのだが セラミックの歯の物と比べて 自分は、鉄の方がしっかりと 胡椒が割れる感じがする セラミックの歯の方が 少し柔らかな香りになり 鉄の歯の方が 香ばしさが立つように感じるので これからもずっと PEUGEOT一択だ

Good heft, smooth motion, great control over granularity.

SANKİ MOTORLU GİBİ HAFİF BİR ÇEVİRME İLE ÖĞÜTÜYOR.

Hermoso!! Elegante, su color chocolate oscuro combina perfectamente, los materiales de excelente calidad 💫 el funcionamiento perfecto! 👌

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